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Qatar Investment Authority and Swiss travel retailer Dufry are teaming up to bid for Italian travel retailer World Duty Free (WDF), which belongs to the Benetton family, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

Qatar Investment Authority and Swiss travel retailer Dufry are teaming up to bid for Italian travel retailer World Duty Free (WDF), which belongs to the Benetton family, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.

France-based Areva, an industrial conglomerate, and utility giant EDF have signed two sets of agreements with Saudi firms and universities aimed at supporting the kingdom’s nuclear energy programme.
The two companies have si

Talks between the Bahrain government and a French company over transmission projects could be threatened if efforts to blacklist the firm throughout the GCC prove successful, it has been claimed.
Saudi-based Soroof International a

Gulf state funds could take a stake of up to 15 percent in French utility EDF's 16 billion pound ($26 billion) project to build two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in the UK, French financial daily Les Echos reported.
Withou

French utility EDF and the British government have signed an agreement to build two nuclear reactors for a total cost of 16 billion pounds ($25.9 billion), EDF said on Monday.
The first new reactors in the UK in around 20 years wi

French energy companies Areva and EDF are hosting a Suppliers Day in Jeddah today (October 1), targeting the industrial infrastructure in Saudi Arabia’s Western Province.
It is part of the Industrial Outreach Porgramme, whic

Utility GDF Suez would consider a role in an expected French bid to build a nuclear-reactor project in Saudi Arabia, CEO Gerald Mestrallet said in an interview with business daily Les Echos published on Friday.
The possibility of

Qatar's Rasgas has extended a long-term deal to supply France's EDF with up to 3.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for delivery to northwest Europe, the companies said.
The agreement to deliver around 4.5 billion cubic

A consortium of French energy companies made a final bid on Wednesday night to sell at least two nuclear reactors to Abu Dhabi, the chief executive of state-owned EDF said on Thursday.
"We submitted the bid last night," Henri Proglio told